Letter from Asmara. The Architectural Review | October 1, 2000| | COPYRIGHT 2000 EMAP Architecture. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Despite decades of internal strife in the surrounding countryside, the Eritrean capital of Asmara still maintains strong architectural and cultural connnections with its Italian colonial past.

I clearly remember my astonishment when I first landed in Asmara in 1991, the first year of peace for Eritrea which, for over 30 years, had been fighting for its independence. I remember it well, because I would see it on the face of everyone who arrived at this unique and amazing city. The airport taxi was an ancient, shiny, rusty-blue Fiat 1100. (In Italy we hadn't seen one ...

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